Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2006

Eastern Asia
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.60 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 19,069,745 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
19,069,745
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.4
Population
1,551,521,534
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%341
15-198.12.5%534,663
20-24113.835.6%6,801,777
25-29116.036.3%6,328,227
30-3459.318.6%3,857,906
35-3917.95.6%1,270,373
40-443.81.2%245,602
45-490.50.1%21,553
50-540.20.1%9,300